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October 19, 2010: Terrorist attack on Chechen parliament

Chechen terrorists killed as many as 20 people in an attack on that country’s parliament in October of 2010.

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October 17, 2001: Assassination of Israeli minister

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine assassinated the Israeli Tourism Minister at a hotel in Jerusalem in October 2001.

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October 16, 2016: Stabbing in Hamburg

ISIS claimed responsibility for an October 2016 stabbing in Hamburg, Germany in which a 16-year-old boy was killed.

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October 15, 1991: LTTE massacre in Sri Lanka

In October of 1991, LTTE terrorists massacred 285 people, mostly Muslims, in a village in Sri Lanka.

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October 14, 1920: Nationalist bombings in Trieste, Italy

Nationalists tossed bombs and engaged in firefights with police in Trieste, northeastern Italy on October 14, 1920.

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October 13, 1977: Hijacking of Lufthansa flight 181

In 1977 PFLP terrorists hijacked Lufthansa flight 181, killing the pilot before German anti-terror commandos stormed the plane.

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October 12, 2000: Bombing of USS Cole in Yemen

After a failed first attempt, in 2000 Al Qaeda carried out a successful bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen, killing 17 sailors and wounding 39.

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October 11, 2002: Bombing at Finnish mall

Finnish police were unable to discover a motive behind a bombing at a Helsinki mall in 2002 perpetrated by a 19-year old chemistry buff.

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October 8, 2002: Al Qaeda attack in Kuwait

Two AQ terrorists attacked unarmed US Marines engaged in exercises on Kuwait’s Failaka Island in 2002, killing one and wounding one.

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October 6, 1976: Bombing of Cuban aircraft

Venezuelan and Cuban American anti-Castro forces bombed a Cuban airline on October 6, 1976 killing all 73 civilians aboard.